Sorry boss, I've got scorpion today :(
This 3,200-Year-Old Rock Is Filled With Ancient Egyptian Sick Notes, And Some Of Them Are... Interesting
Sorry boss, I've got scorpion today :(
This 3,200-year-old tock is filled with Ancient Egyptian sick notes, and some of them are... interesting
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Sorry boss, I've got scorpion today :(
I always love these glimpses of past civilisations' ordinary day-to-day lives.
"drinking with Khonsu". Hats off to him/her for being so upfront about it.
"drinking with Khonsu". Hats off to him/her for being so upfront about it.
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I also enjoy drinking with Khonsu. That god's cool in my book.🍻
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Just make sure it's not a fella called Paneb or you might have to watch your back.
so ancient Egypt had roughly the same work week schedule we have now then? 280 days a year versus 261. Not far off. Huh. I wonder what their annual vacation time looked like
Edit: or does this not reflect the number of work days for them in a calendar year?
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Taking off work to brew beer? I'm with it.
Do we have any ancient Egyptian beer recipes on record?
Do we have any ancient Egyptian beer recipes on record?
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Not exact recipes no. The production of beer in ancient Egypt is based on the interpretation of artistic depictions in tombs and the modern practice of making bouza, which is a beer produced by Nubian and Coptic populations in modern Egypt.
Gonna have to do some research on the practice. Thanks for the knowledge.
I love hearing about things like this - sometimes history seems so far away that it doesn't seem real, but even though it was thousands of years ago people were still living lives like people are now, we're not that different and seeing things like this reminds me of that.
yeah sometimes people treat ancestors as they larger than life stoic people when most of them were just regular dudes with the same humor, struggles and pleasures
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Same. Realizing people thousands of years ago just lived their lives much the same as we do is amazing.
Oh I love this.
I'm sure it exists in some cases, but I'd love to see more books/ebooks that just have the scans of these things on one page and the translations on the other. I've found one Japanese ghost book that got translated that way, but I haven't seen anything else, and there's SO MUCH of this old writing that survives.
I'm sure it exists in some cases, but I'd love to see more books/ebooks that just have the scans of these things on one page and the translations on the other. I've found one Japanese ghost book that got translated that way, but I haven't seen anything else, and there's SO MUCH of this old writing that survives.
I thought I read that in most societies the workers had more time off than we do now. A lot of changes the past 400 years were thought to be inhumane, then pushed through anyway to make profits. Not that I want to go back, but... we should demand more time off.
Edit love these sick reasons, I want to make beer too.
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I think you would all enjoy the following book. It follows and examines the lives of the general populace through their own writings and musings.
I think you would all enjoy the following book. It follows and examines the lives of the general populace through their own writings and musings.
I would, but Amazon is selling the paperback for $82. Holy Ancient Sandals. Wait until I tell Khonsu about this.
Time to take a trip to the library.
I think you would all enjoy the following book. It follows and examines the lives of the general populace through their own writings and musings.
Added to my overflowing 'books to read' list!
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As this is Egypt during Dynastic times, it would be Shesmu who would be the closest analogue to Dionysus.🧐
Oh I know. I was just making a joke wishing I could take a day off for hanging out with any god from any pantheon.
Excuse me while I go offer Ganesha this pack of peanuts.